US HB915 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress House Bill 915 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 96-1)
Status: Introduced on February 12 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-03-06 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Voices for Veterans Act Expands the membership of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans to include veterans who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Terminates the Commission on December 31, 2017 (currently, 2015).

Title

Voices for Veterans Act

Sponsors

Rep. Suzan DelBene [D-WA]	Rep. Julia Brownley [D-CA]	Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]
Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]
Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]
Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Ann Kuster [D-NH]	Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham [D-NM]
Rep. Maxine Waters [D-CA]	Rep. Betty McCollum [D-MN]	Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]	Rep. Mike Quigley [D-IL]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]
Rep. Rick Larsen [D-WA]	Rep. Mark DeSaulnier [D-CA]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Earl Blumenauer [D-OR]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Brad Ashford [D-NE]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici [D-OR]	Rep. Janice Hahn [D-CA]	Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Daniel Kildee [D-MI]
Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Jerrold Nadler [D-NY]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Luis Gutierrez [D-IL]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]	Rep. Dina Titus [D-NV]
Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]	Rep. Grace Meng [D-NY]	Rep. Denny Heck [D-WA]	Rep. Lois Capps [D-CA]
Rep. Gregory Meeks [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Alan Grayson [D-FL]	Rep. Steve Israel [D-NY]
Rep. Diana DeGette [D-CO]	Rep. Raul Ruiz [D-CA]	Rep. Kathleen Rice [D-NY]	Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]
Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]	Sen. Chris Van Hollen [D-MD]	Rep. Bonnie Coleman [D-NJ]	Rep. Ted Lieu [D-CA]
Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]	Rep. John Yarmuth [D-KY]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]
Rep. Judy Chu [D-CA]	Rep. Brenda Lawrence [D-MI]	Rep. Don Beyer [D-VA]	Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]
Rep. Theodore Deutch [D-FL]	Rep. Matthew Cartwright [D-PA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]
Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Seth Moulton [D-MA]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]
Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Chaka Fattah [D-PA]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. James Langevin [D-RI]
Rep. Debbie Dingell [D-MI]	Rep. Eddie Johnson [D-TX]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]	Rep. Anna Eshoo [D-CA]
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz [D-FL]	Rep. Nita Lowey [D-NY]	Rep. Ed Perlmutter [D-CO]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]
Rep. Beto O'Rourke [D-TX]	Rep. Hakeem Jeffries [D-NY]	Rep. Niki Tsongas [D-MA]	Rep. Donald Norcross [D-NJ]
Rep. Ruben Hinojosa [D-TX]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-03-06	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2015-02-12	House	Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
2015-02-12	House	Introduced in House